{"product_id":"9780670825370","title":"The Satanic Verses","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eRushdie, Salman\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eViking\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/22\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003e“[A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled  with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing  of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall  to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just  the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the  imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eis a key work of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412445561087,"sku":"9780670825370","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780670825370_s600x595.jpg?v=1775594738","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780670825370","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}